Generous guarantees and a giant Warhol net a healthy $346.5m for Christie’s Modern evening sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
May 17, 2024 by Judd Tully

The reassuring result was a marked increase from last year’s equivalent auction—despite a cyberattack that has taken down the auction Read more…

As market for young artists grows, Sotheby’s turbocharged The Now sale in New York threatens to eclipse its contemporary evening auction
The Art Newspaper
May 20, 2022 by Judd Tully

While both back-to-back sales did well, works by artists under 40 were snapped up at a rate not matched by Read more…

Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali and other heavyweights help Christie’s make $420m in 20th-century sale in New York
The Art Newspaper
November 12, 2021 by Judd Tully

Only five of the 59 lots went unsold in the auction last night Following on the high heels of the Read more…

Rogues Gallery
Artnews
October 20, 2020 by Judd Tully

Collectors’ Reversals of Fortune Can Mean a Payday for Auction Houses—or Spell Disaster Forced sales of fine art resulting from Read more…

Abstract Expressionism Leads Sotheby’s Contemporary Sale
Artnews
November 15, 2019 by Judd Tully

Buoyed by heavy bidding from Asia for the evening’s top four entries, Sotheby’s contemporary sale on Thursday night racked up Read more…

Christie’s Contemporary Art Sale in New York, Ed Ruscha Is King
Artnews
November 14, 2019 by Judd Tully

Christie’s postwar and contemporary art evening sale racked up a strong tally of $325.3 million on Wednesday night at Rockefeller Read more…

Masterpiece Theatre: $8 M. Kline Sells at Frieze Masters; $15 M. Dubuffet, Film Greats On Offer
Artnews
October 5, 2018 by Judd Tully

After the blur of V.I.P. viewing on Wednesday in the two Frieze tents in Regent’s Park in London, a longer Read more…

Phillips’ Opening Night Bucks Stiff Financial Market Winds
Blouin Artinfo
June 29, 2015 by Judd Tully

On a day when the Eurozone crisis hammered global financial markets, the art market passed a tough contemporary art test Read more…

Christie’s Latest Blockbuster Edges Closer to the $1B Mark
Blouin Artinfo
November 12, 2014 by Judd Tully

Christie’s yet again set a record for all auctions everywhere on Wednesday evening at its Rockefeller Center headquarters in New Read more…

Renewed Energy
Blouin Artinfo
March 14, 2014 by Judd Tully

Healthy sales back the confident mood at Armory “There WAS A period several years ago when the very future of Read more…